OUR LAST GENERAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3582, 24 March 1886, Page 3

OUR LAST GENERAL.

, 9 ; Tho Otago Daily Times, m writing of the late General Sir Trevor Chute, Bays : — Tho naiuo of tho lato General Sir Trevor Ohuto, of whoso death tho cable brought intelligence yesterday morning, will long bo remombored m New Zealand, not only for his successful campaign, but for having taken upon himself "■ the responsibility of detaining tho 18th ■ Regiment at tho critical moment, m 1860, - when their removal us ordered by tho > Imperial Government would probably have ) resulted m a largo saerilico of human life and i tho destruction of tbo Auckland settlement i Both Houses unanimously passed votes of • thanks to tho General m August 18G9, "for ; the great promptitude with which ho had acted i mv. critical emergency." Genewl Chute's

"six weeks campaign" on tho Wc=t Coast of tho North Island m January and February 186G will also live m history. During tho short period of six weeks ho took the Maori forts at Whemakura, Putahi, Otapawa, Waikoho, and Meri-Meri, crossing 21 rivers and 90 gullies, captured To Ua, and devastated tho whole country over which tho Maoris wero operating. It may havo been soino satisfaction to tho gallant General that ho just lived to see Mr Rusdcn's history discredited by tho English Courts. Mr Rusden lius been as bitterly unjust to him as to Mr Bryce, accusing him of having ordered Maori prisoners to bo shot m cold blood without trial and distorting tho facts of the case m his usual way.